Film

The Butcher Boy 1998

Directed by Neil Jordan

  • Comedy, Drama
  • 110 min
  • R

This little piggy laughed all the way home!

Francie and Joe live the usual playful, fantasy filled childhoods of normal boys. However, with a violent, alcoholic father and a manic depressive, suicidal mother the pressure on Francie to grow up are immense. When Francie's world turns to madness, he tries to counter it with further insanity, with dire consequences.

ComedyDramafriendshipsuicidebased on novel or bookpigboarding schoolangeldifficult childhooddark comedyinsane asylumalcoholismmurderireland

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  • Suicide or self-harm
  • Harm to children
  • Addiction
  • Bleak ending

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